• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    20 days ago

    20 years ago, you wouldn’t have expected to have social media / internet help you determine whether a threat was real.

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      20 days ago

      We had real news back then though, and many of us watched it. We knew Bush was a dangerous moron who wanted wars. And we knew Nader was a spoiler, but enough of my idiot classmates still voted against Gore. I was dumbfounded when they would admit it with a shrug. So much so that it has still stuck with me to this day.